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done or made, the kind of material to be used, the estimated cost of the
improvement, and the real property which will be specially benefited
thereby and which it is, and shall fix a time and place when and where
the owner or owners of the property to be so assessed therefor can be heard
in reference thereto, and shall give such notice of such hearing as the
Mayor and Council in their discretion may provide for a fair and impar-
tial hearing upon the matter, either in some newspaper of the County
of Montgomery, in said State, or by posting copies thereof in a conspicuous
place upon the property that is to be assessed, and at such time and place
as shall be fixed by said ordinance and notice as aforesaid, the Mayor
and Council shall hear any and all objections filed thereto.

1920, ch 355, sec. 6.

947. If after the hearing aforesaid the said Mayor and Council shall
be of the opinion that the public good and comfort requires the work or
improvement proposed to be done or made, they shall provide by ordi-
nance for the same, and may charge the expense thereof or any part of
such expense against the property which they shall find to be specially
benefited thereby, and they shall also provide in said ordinance, the time
and terms upon which payment of said assessment for such work and
improvement shall be made by said property owner, and the rate of inter-
est which shall be charged upon the deferred payments.

1920, ch. 355, sec. 7.

948. Said Mayor and Council are hereby authorized and empowered
to do all acts necessary and proper to carry out the provisions of this act;
to contract for the building and construction of all or any portion of said
improvements either in one contract or in several, either with or without
prior advertisement for bids and with power to reject any or all bids
which may be received therefor. And the said Mayor and Council shall
have full control of said street improvements and shall have authority to
employ such employees as may be necessary to carry on the construction
of same, and to purchase all supplies in relation thereto.

STATE'S ATTORNEY.

1910, ch. 550, sec. 1. 1912, ch. 790. sec. 569.

949. The State's Attorney for Montgomery county shall receive an
annual salary of two thousand dollars for the performance of the official
duties of his said office, which now or hereafter may be required by law,
said salary to be in lieu of all fees, appearance and trial, and all other
compensations for same, and to be payable semi-annually, on the first day
of January and the first day of July by the County Treasurer, upon an
order of the county commissioners, and said duties shall also include
his services before the justices of the peace of said county in criminal
cases in preliminary hearings or trials when in the public interest he
attends on his own motion or at the request of any of the said justices, and